OTHER AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS
Mid-Florida Area Agency on Aging
2018 Older Americans Act Program RFI
Mid-Florida Area Agency on Aging DBA Elder Options is seeking Letters of Interest and Statements of Qualification from qualified agencies and organizations interested in providing an array of supportive, nutrition, and caregiver services under the Older Americans Act (OAA) to older persons residing in the planning and service area identified as PSA 3, which includes Alachua, Bradford, Citrus, Columbia, Dixie, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Hernando, Lafayette, Lake, Levy, Marion, Putnam, Sumter, Suwannee, and Union counties. Interested agencies are required to have the capability of providing an array of services throughout the entire county of interest effective January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2018.
The “Request for Letters of Interest and Statements of Qualification” (RFI) process will provide Elder Options with information concerning the availability of qualified contractors for OAA services in the sixteen-county planning and service area. The information received will be used to determine if a full Request for Proposal (RFP) is necessary (due to interest from two or more qualified service contractors to provide these services in the same county) or if a sole source procurement process will be used.
The services to be provided include: Adult Day Care, Caregiver Training/Support, Chore, Congregate Meals, Emergency Alert Response, Education/Training, Health Support, Home Delivered Meals, Homemaker, Legal Assistance, Nutrition Education, Outreach, Respite (Direct Pay, Facility-Based, and In-Home), Screening/Assessment, Specialized Medical Equipment, Services & Supplies, Telephone Reassurance, and Transportation.
Details for the RFI are available on the Elder Options website (www.agingresources.org) beginning Friday, December 2, 2016.
Responses to this Request for Letters of Interest and Statements of Qualification are due at the office of Elder Options, located at 100 SW 75 Street, Suite 301, Gainesville, Florida 32607, by 4:00 p.m. (ET) on December 27, 2016.
